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ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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This is a continuation of the archived LP thread "The Dreamy Let's Play -- a stellar look at every Kirby game, every weekday".

Hello Dreamers, and welcome (back) to The Dreamy Let's Play! It's been nearly a year since our last update to the Franchise Play, but with the 16th anniversary of our next game, Super Smash Bros. Melee, we felt it was time to bring this series back and take it all the way to the finish.

We're taking on every single game in the Kirby franchise, from Kirby's Dream Land on the Game Boy all the way up to Kirby: Star Allies on the Switch. Along the way, as part of each game's first video, we'll be taking a look at the development process, as well as the turmoil behind the scenes as HAL Laboratory got its sea legs in its early days, and moved on to create bigger and better things like the Super Smash Bros. series later on in life.

Join us! (Gonna be prettying up this post as more games come in, and as time permits. Little bare-bones right now, but it'll grow!)

PART 1: THE DREAMY LET'S PLAY (1992 - 2000)

PART 2: RETURN TO THE DREAMY LET'S PLAY (2001 - 2018)

ricdesi fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Dec 12, 2018

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ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
And now, to get this thing back on the road again. Merry Christmas!

Part 1: "Am I Dreaming?" | VS Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1h7eSKI2QA

Part 2: "The Only Record (But It's New)" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Jigglypuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCQejN4rhGo

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
I feel like our channel needs to come up with a term for producing too much content to the point where people have to actively choose what series to watch to make it even remotely followable.

I propose we call it a "D-lemma".

Part 3: "I Don't Mean That in a Bad Way" | Adventure Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeIrEKa6KYk

Part 4: "Oh No, Not Mayonnaise-Brain!" | Event Matches 1-9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdX0GPPzACA

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Hitting a bit of a brick wall with Event Mode...

Part 5: "All My Original Sphincters" | Event Matches 10-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npNh9iS_SJY

Part 6: "A Colossal Fuckup" | Event Matches 19-22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPVdtM2qDHA

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Okay, it's time for us to get the show back on the road. We're ALMOST done with moving apartments, and Thursday we're going to be recording ahead so we can get our main series in motion again, including this! Expect Part 10 to land on Friday!

Part 7: "Bitchslapping Her to Death" | Event Matches 23-27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s48p9FNQ-mM

Part 8: "I Didn't Did It" | Event Matches 28-29, Unlocking Ganondorf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVP-RCmn3A

Part 9: "Japanese Cutie Pies" | Event Match 30, VS Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggtNzl13UM

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Likewise! I was happy to see that they were pretty solidly tough all along, not just hard because we were young and trying to figure out the GameCube.

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Alright, so if we want to get the rest of this game cleared, we're going to need to make some progress on unlocking the rest of the fighting roster. Let's get this show on the road.

Part 10: "Tits" | VS Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3eQg06Mldg

Part 11: "Judge Mental, Presiding" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Dr. Mario, VS Mode, Unlocking Marth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE1CE4zSkM0

Part 12: "Murder Parade" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Roy, 100-Man Melee, VS Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAy0Qb4f_k

Part 13: "I Eat Bad rear end for Breakfast" | Adventure Mode, Unlocking Luigi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6O1QNNtRZw

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Well, when Star Allies comes out, we'll more than likely go ahead and jump right in like we did with Planet Robobot (and honestly, I am thrilled that Kirby is getting regular releases again -- it feels like forever since the franchise has been getting not just real platformers, but quality ones with any regularity).

And Command Mission... whew, that was a bit of a bumpy ride. The postgame was interesting, and there were some fun chunks in there, but some parts of it seriously dragged on for just forever. Trying to work on better ways to combat that with long games.

ANYWHO, let's get Ashley in here and get ourselves some Young Link in a totally not creepy way. Also, Part 16 is one of my favorite videos we've produced in recent memory, definitely give that one a go if nothing else.

Part 14: "One Fist, Two Fist" | Classic Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHYRVQEQA7o

Part 15: "FuckBono.com" | Classic Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27d5VCmz9oY

Part 16: "The Traditional Catholic Divorce Dunk-Off" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Mushroom Kingdom II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhqVjKJU3o

Part 17: "Sexual Harassment Ashley" | Classic Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73THMfgSl6I

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Now that we've unlocked a bunch more Event Matches, I think it's about time we start clearing out as many of those as we can (and getting ourselves a handful more fighters along the way). For the sake of not making literally hundreds of time-burning episodes, we've been running CPU matches off-camera to get the play time / VS match total / KO total jacked up to help unlock a few things like Mewtwo, but everything else is done in the videos themselves.

Part 18: "Ow, My Feeling" | Unlocking Young Link, 100-Man Melee, Unlocking Falco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFfrA_AWKM

Part 19: "I Have Balls" | VS Mode, Unlocking Mewtwo, Event Matches 31-33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_wW5pDxAVw

Part 20: "The Urethra Kingdom" | Event Matches 34-36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-k_p-Pz4SA

Part 21: "Worthlessmouse" | Event Matches 37-39, Unlocking Pichu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTRlcBzgtkM

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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So hey, remember when I kept telling the others we should try to actually finish the Target Test when it came up in the 1P Modes?

Part 22: "Target Testes" | Target Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W716l5C_0Zg

Part 23: "Long But Limp" | Target Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRwVB1ClNO4

Part 24: "Jauntilicious" | Target Test, Unlocking Mr. Game & Watch, Unlocking All-Star Mode, Unlocking Dream Land 64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZpxLkqAdE

Part 25: "My Scuba Face" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Flat Zone, Home Run Contest, Unlocking Yoshi's Island 64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEM6zsGhyJA

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Everybody cool with All-Star Mode? Let's rock some All-Star Mode.

Part 26: "Jesus Ficus" | Event Matches 40-46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkL-_3B49fs

Part 27: "A Complicated Jugglefuck" | Event Matches 46-49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM98S8cA8cw

Part 28: "Some Handsome Hands" | Event Matches 50-51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9pGPlGlkNE

Part 29: "Old Man Murders" | All-Star Mode, Unlocking Battlefield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgyUO-4r3Wc

ricdesi fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Feb 22, 2018

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Oh gently caress me... the 15-Minute Melee... There is like a zero percent chance we're gonna pull this thing off.

Part 30: "Oh My God, This Is Booger" | 15-Minute Melee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ftjj3-X5DQ

Part 31: "Sugar Tits" | VS Mode, Unlocking Brinstar Depths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQnPCpJufPE

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Getting down to the wire now, only a handful of unlockables left to go, but we're not done until we clear 15-Minute Melee. God help us.

Part 32: "The Most Ridiculous" | VS Mode, Unlocking Fourside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAdoU1P6c3g

Part 33: "Asking What Her rear end Meant" | 15-Minute Melee, Unlocking Kongo Jungle 64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWe4BL8KjAM

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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So this is kinda weird, we basically have been off-camera just killing ourselves over and over to rack up the VS matches, play time, KOs, etc., so they're easier to come by in recording sessions. What we discovered was a "so dumb it's actually kind of fun" little suicide game, and I decided during editing that it was just naturally funny enough commentary-wise to wrap it up as a standalone episode itself. Enjoy, maybe?

Part 34: "Onett, Twicett, Three Times a Lady" | VS Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gheo32jnsQI

Part 34˝: "I Wasn't Ready to Die" | VS Mode Suicide Mini-Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQEHe3GaN8

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
Alright, it's about time for us to jump ship and get back into the real Kirby games, which means we should get our last unlockables and gently caress around for one last episode. Hope you guys had fun with Melee, and later today we'll be getting into the next game on our list.

Part 35: "The Competitive Episode" | VS Mode, Unlocking Score Display, Unlocking Poké Floats, Unlocking Random Stage Select, Unlocking Sound Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQCexu64Q-8

Part 36: "The World Squirtle" | VS Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMkFCXD0eQ

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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ALRIGHT, let's get back to the real meat that's neat enough to eat. Let's mow down on some Nightmare in Dream Land (but not before a few acknowledgements first).

Part 1: "The Return of Nobonus" | Vegetable Valley, Ice Cream Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHf7z-AGHs

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Carbon dioxide posted:

Are you planning to show off Meta Knight mode?

E: Also, can this thread get a new page please?

Soon, I hope. It definitely starts to lag hard when there are a ton of videos on the page, hopefully we cross over to the next page quick. And yes. ;)

Kurieg posted:

I'm not much of a fan of RTD, if it had Super Star style powers maybe. But it's just an HD Remix of Adventure. Magic Mirror is a much better game.

Yeah, honestly it just doesn't do it for me. I like the original better, in the end, and this sets things up well enough for future titles, but the NES version is just a lot better, in my opinion.

Pharohman777 posted:

Like, honestly, I follow/subscribe to a bunch of SA lpers on youtube, but you guy are the only ones I have had to unsubscribe from because you were spewing content out faster than I could watch.

I can 100% understand that, sorry for being pretty overwhelming with it all. Our kind of internal thought process for it is "well people watching Sonic Game XYZ may not be interested in Zelda Game ABC or vice versa", with the hope that people would find a few things they like and follow along with those.

BUT, it can still be a lot for new folks, and it can be a ton if you're not picky with your game preferences, and yeah it is a bit of a heavy load. We've got some ideas for this summer that might lighten the LP load without losing our steam, hopefully that should help a bit.

Part 2: "Get Some Thumbs" | Ice Cream Island, Paint Roller, Butter Building
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwpSvk_FZQQ

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Larryb posted:

In regards to your first video, do you guys plan to actually check out the Kirby anime at some point or is it too long to be worth the effort (and it doesn't help much that the show is basically 90% filler)?

I can't say for sure, but I would generally be interested in it, perhaps as a D-Pad + Chill riff track sort of dealie as opposed to a more focused Seriesly thing (especially seeing as, as far as I'm aware, the show only has the loosest of running threads, so it wouldn't have many plot points to really follow over the course of the series).

We'll see, there might be a way to get that done down the line. I'm certainly not ready to write it off completely yet.

Kurieg posted:

The scare zoom could have focused on this and still be an equally valid reason not to watch the anime.


Oof. Yeah, that would do it just about all on its own, wouldn't it?

Part 3: "It's a Lot to Ask" | Butter Building, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright, Grape Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLTYSpl5G8k

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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FredMSloniker posted:

Besides, where else are you going to see this?



I never knew I needed a Waddle Dee vending machine in my life until this exact moment, and I fear I will not rest until I acquire one of my very own.

Carbon dioxide posted:

If you want to tackle the anime and are worried about copyright stuff, one way to do it is to only upload your commentary track, starting with a countdown, and telling people to get the episodes on their own and start them with the countdown.

I'm not too too worried about it (if any of our content was gonna get yanked, the Michael Jackson video gave Sony Music lots of opportunities), if anything I think we'd do it as a D-Pad + Chill or something similarly-formatted, it usually ends up with the video being 40-50% the original length of the episode and the copyright flags are pretty minimal.

Part 4: "Nut My Fuckle" | Grape Garden, Kracko, Yogurt Yard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMOR85cTnpU

Part 5: "Ball loving Asinine" | Yogurt Yard, Heavy Mole, Orange Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biv64eAQ9ic

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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So uh. Looks like we're just trucking on through now, though it does beg one serious question, after seven years...

Part 6: "What Happened to Our Lives?" | Orange Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8d8hi3Vmm8

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Starting things off with everybody's favorite adorable little badass, then heading off to the final level of the game! Seems to be passing by a bit quicker than the last two times with the NES game, but maybe that's just John's piloting skills...

Part 7: "Sucking Hard at Sucking Hard" | Meta Knight, Rainbow Resort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjzRLDSwG_U

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

Does it really need saying?
So as we bring Nightmare in Dream Land to a close, I find myself at odds. This isn't a bad game, by any stretch, but at the end of the day this one honestly strikes me as being wildly inferior to Kirby's Adventure. Something about it feels... sloppier, maybe? The level design is completely destroyed by way of larger sprites and fewer tiles per screen, not to mention losing the Butter Building parallax scroll, having Kirby's inhale affect more than what's directly in front of him, and making most minibosses and bosses gargantuan.

I dunno, man.

Part 8: "Meet Some Actual Knuckles" | Rainbow Resort, King Dedede, Fountain of Dreams, Nightmare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB8VsUtaQZ4

But then, we can't just move on without giving Meta Knight his due, can we?

Part 1: "They Don't Like Fat People" | Vegetable Valley, Whispy Woods, Ice Cream Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLiDnhnmcGU

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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That's true, the SMA series did a pretty decent job of keeping the spirit of the originals (and even keeping the sprite changes themselves to a minimum) while adding their own touch to the mix (lots of rotation and a little stretching/squashing IIRC). It's kind of interesting just how well the GBA did, it's possible that the mere fact it could approach (or beat) NES/SNES quality was a pretty big selling point, even if critically-speaking they didn't quite hold up.

Part 2: "A Personalized Chunk of Hate" | Ice Cream Island, Paint Roller, Butter Building
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1DLKQp6BDw

Part 3: "Leave Phil Collins Alone" | Butter Building, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright, Grape Garden, Kracko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdclaN2S8l0

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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So I've been slaving away on a St. Paddy's Day special (that still isn't up because hooray copyright flag complications), and neglected to keep you guys up to date on the latter half of Dustin's nightmare in Dream Land in Nightmare in Dream Land.

Part 4: "Suck My Dick" | Yogurt Yard, Heavy Mole, Orance Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vtl-LDa38

Part 5: "Step Up the Sadness" | Orange Ocean, Meta Knight, Rainbow Resort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0VBuCaheJU

Part 6: "I Wrote a Note" | Rainbow Resort, King Dedede
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulLqvZaoJ_8

And after everyone was back from their various weekend plans (literally the entire team minus myself and Sarah were gone for 3-5 days circling this past weekend -- I had this game staring me in the face for four days before we could finally crack into it), we embarked on our team adventure into... Kirby Star Allies

Part 1: "The Power of Friendship" | World of Peace: Dream Land - Green Greens, Donut Dome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VJba819on8

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Nice, thanks for the heads up on the Puzzle Pieces, guys. This'll make it a lot easier to not stress too much about any of them outside the Rainbow Piece in each level!

Starting to fiddle around with our abilities a bit more, there are some neat combos in this game, not to mention the elemental abilities doubling up on weapon abilities. I feel like this game has a TON of complexity bubbling under the surface.

Part 2: "The Meat Palace of My Dreams" | World of Peace: Dream Land - Dream Palace, Honey Hill, Extra Eclair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n63s29hb_2Q

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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We have indeed discovered that! Well, partially, anyway...

Part 3: "It Was Made of Wood, Idiots" | World of Peace: Dream Land - Fruity Forest vs. Whispy Woods, Clash at Castle Dedede vs. King Dedede
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA0l2onUjN0

ricdesi fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Mar 24, 2018

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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that ivy guy posted:

Oh yeah, it's not so much of an issue now, but going forward it would be a nice touch to read the pause menu bios for the bosses you face. Some can be pretty meaty. Especially each of the parts of the final bosses.

Oh, drat! I'll try to keep that in mind going forward!

Carbon dioxide posted:

Additionally, you can find the list of available moves for each power you have in the menu. Might be worth trying out the more complicated button combos.

Duly noted, we might do that a bit from here out with particularly cryptic Abilities.



Kurieg posted:

Yeah, you didn't try it out but Vividra/Paint is basically a boss killer, particularly when combined with Stone. It also has the game's only real healing move(it summons the fridge from Kirby 64)

Also: Broom has both Wind and Water element that it can add to other weapons. Wind usually adds some additional functionality. And you can add elements to Bomb.

Been messing around with that a bit in the more recent videos, some of these combos are pretty drat wild!

And with that... to Planet Popstar!

Part 4: "Someone Eats Kirby's rear end" | World of Miracles: Planet Popstar - Friendly Field, Dream Palace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJoQwiDoNGU

Part 5: "The Armist" | World of Miracles: Planet Popstar - Reef Resort, Inside Islands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23CtpYs9kzY

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Part 6: "Farting Around" | World of Miracles: Planet Popstar - Echo's Edge, Nature's Navel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if7GRJc1IeI

Part 7: "I Make-a the Pizza" | World of Miracles: Planet Popstar - Duplex Dream, Sacred Square vs. Meta Knight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPD3FFtcNuc

Kurieg posted:

Also the game just got some free DLC that will probably make Rick very happy.

SURE DID!

Part 8: "F.R.I.E.N.D.S." | Fortress of Shadows: Jambastion - Gatehouse Road vs. Pon & Con, Eastern Wall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H64uzA1MZao

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Bruceski posted:

The start of that was heartbreaking.

Yeah, that was, uh... not an ideal way to start this one off.

Kurieg posted:

So from my experimentation with the AI. Marx is a "Weapon" and can be buffed by elements accordingly. Gooey and the Animal buddies have multiple different Elements that they can use for combos (Gooey's tounge is water, his dashing attack is fire, Rick has Fire, Coo has Air, Kine has Ice) notably both animal buddies and Gooey can subsitute in for Rock in the various combo attacks that require it. (Rick Curling is pretty hilarious looking, by the way)

It's really rad how these guys bring in a handful of random moves from Dream Land 2, Dream Land 3, and Super Star, the elements and weapons at play make for some neat combos! Definitely some neat stuff coming up in the next few episodes, I can tell you that.

that ivy guy posted:

I believe there's a really convoluted way to transfer control. Basically P4 would have had to hold Y to become a CPU, and then another player could take control of that now-CPU character. Also it's drat unfortunate that Gooey taking the dream rod caused him to immediately become the guy it selected!

Augh, I knew there was a way to make that work. drat. And yeah, it's really unfortunate that there was no way to prevent Gooey from being deleted and replaced as soon as he grabbed the Dream Rod.

that ivy guy posted:

Also fun fact about Plasma: you can now shake the joy-con to charge instead of mashing the d-pad. Nice quality of life improvement

Ooooooooh, that is VERY good news, that makes things a lot better than jamming all over the Control Stick!

Part 9: "Your Goopy Water Balls" | Fortress of Shadows: Jambastion - Sector A, Longview Corridor vs. Francisca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBEQBgzsp_8

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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hopeandjoy posted:

The other trick is that if you get the wrong Dream Friend and you have a full team of four friends, you can cancel getting the Dream Friend with B and roll again in the same palace. (If you don't have four friends, the Dream Friend is automatically added to your team.)

...oh, god drat it.

Kurieg posted:

Another thing you guys should try is stacking up on top of each other(Hold down when you land on a friend) then hold L+R and release them at the same time.

INTERESTING, I think we'll give that a shot tonight!

that ivy guy posted:

Small QoL tip for jumping from dream palace to dream palace if that's a thing that needs to be done again: you can press Y to access the stage list and then select levels from there to warp to them instantly (loading screen permitting), including across worlds!

Oh wow, yeah that'll make things considerably drat faster, thanks for the tip!

Kurieg posted:

I'm waiting for the moment they accidentally use paint on gooey while he's in rock form and have no idea what's going on.



Part 10: "It's a Fish" | Fortress of Shadows: Jambastion - Western Outer Wall, Sector B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87PixJxgbRs

Part 11: "Some Dangerous Shitbitch" | Fortress of Shadows: Jambastion - Inner Sanctum vs. Flamberge, Sector C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTUXM7uLyOM

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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I've definitely heard of a flamberge before (from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, if I had to narrow it down), but not a francisca or a partisan (well, outside the adjective for political purposes, anyway). That's really neat though! I love a good naming motif.

The elemental weaknesses in this game are SUPER unintuitive as someone who's been playing Pokémon for 20 years, oof. Water > Electricity, I think Fire > Ice and Ice > Fire? So confusing, oof.

I think we will be taking a look at Right Back at Ya! somewhere down the line, but especially with Mega Man Strategy and Sonic Shuffle chugging along, it would definitely grind things down to a halt pretty bad, so we might hold onto that for later.

And as for Zan Partizanne, let's go kick her rear end and get off this blasted space station!

Part 12: "Pretty Much Fritz" | Fortress of Shadows: Jambastion - Heavenly Hall vs. Zan Partizanne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjnDJFvMdsY

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Kurieg posted:

As far as I can understand the elemental weaknesses, it's basically

Water<->Electricity
Ice-->Water-->Fire<-->Ice

Oh boy, that's gonna be easy to remember, yikes.

And yeah, I'm not too concerned about extra lives. Unless I was somehow trying to beat the final boss blind (both literally and figuratively), I don't see us dying 100 times anytime soon...

Part 13: "Lick That Stick" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Planet Earthfall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scL29HndpFo

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Kurieg posted:

I don't think that the weaknesses apply to you unless you're literally using an elemental power or are the npc that spawns out of that power. Having an enchanted weapon just gives you a damage bonus. So just toss on water before Flamberge and Zan, and fire before Franciesca (conveniently Ben can provide both of those so long as he's Gooey).

Ahh, that makes sense. It's a bummer that elemental weapons don't do anything special for battle purposes, but I suppose that makes sense.

Kurieg posted:

And Wispy/Yggy woods only burn down if all four people hit them with fire attacks at the same time.

Only works for 4x, huh? That's a bit of a bummer, but I guess we just prepared for it by accident last time...

Part 14: "I'm a Blownup" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Falluna Moon vs. Whispy Woods & Yggy Woods, Planet Misteen, Extra Planet α
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIdDITv57a0

Part 15: "Current Events" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Mareen Moon vs. Goldon & Silvox, Planet Caverna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_LRtYdf_SI

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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I am a cocknose who did not update this thread with two whole drat episodes two weeks ago before we unexpectedly struggled to get the game back on its feet.

Good news: the game is back on its feet. I'll add that update later tonight or in the morning, but for now...

Part 16: "Fly Less Immediately" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Grott Moon vs. Grand Mam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcBV7BuqGxc

Part 17: "Suplex - Drop Dat rear end" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Planet Frostak, Extra Planet β, Blizzno Moon vs. Francisca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N3KoPgXFHk

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Bruceski posted:

I like how during the victory dance everyone gets a turn to left shark it up.

Don't we all need that fifteen minutes of Left Shark in our lives? What's interesting is that it looks like only three of the team members get to shake their groove thing. I have no idea why, or how the game determines which three get to, but yeah, someone is always left out for reasons I don't understand.

So, now we're on to the next planet/moon combo, and it looks like we're running into an old friend...

Part 18: "Took Too Long to Be Smarmy" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Planet Towara, Gabbel Moon vs. Kracko & Twin Kracko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgrvr6b25to

Part 19: "You Were Our Rock" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Star Lavadom, Extra Planet γ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRduwjf3Cwo

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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that ivy guy posted:


10 Haunting Photos Taken Moments Before Disaster

God drat, this couldn't be more frame-perfect. loving phenomenal.

So wait, Jambandra Base isn't the last level???

Part 20 "We hosed Up (Short-Term)" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Sizzlai Moon vs. Flamberge, Jambandra Base
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wWL2QbHzdI

Part 21 "A Clerical Error" | [i]Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - The Divine Terminus vs. Zan Partizanne & Lord Hyness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKhgVTna1Y4

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Well poo poo, definitely didn't mean to crush him too fast to see all his moves! It sounds like we may have done the same thing here with Void Termina...

Part 22: "All Aboard the Friendship" | Kirby Star Allies - Void Termina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttKi8VlcbNA

Now, in beating the main campaign of the game, we've unlocked a bunch more stuff to do! Buuuut, as we did with Planet Robobot, we're going to leave these extra modes for later (when we make it back to the end of the Kirby series).

And in honor of another brand new Kirby game down, it's time for us to go back to the toy box!

Part 4: "A Little Effort There" | Arranging Balls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isX_A6wuLcU

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Kurieg posted:

I.. uhh, would suggest going back into the game at least to beat the last Extra Planet right now, it unlocks after beating the final boss and is separate from the extra game modes. It's something pretty amazing.

Intriguing... we might just have to dive back in real quick for that, then.

As for the other modes, yeah we're gonna be holding off on those for now, but we will be coming back for them!

Part 5: "Is That Mecha Rick?" | Cannonball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7G5sO_BKG4

ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Oh drat, didn't realize how far back the gameplay concept went, neat.

Thankfully, there are only two more of these available right now, so we can clear out this bizarre mix for the second time.

Part 6: "Not Much Pepper" | Balls Round and Round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgybdgLlkGk

Part 7: "You Want Kirby to Eat" | Pachinko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8nYWvzLR4

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ricdesi
Mar 18, 2014

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Kurieg posted:

I see you went back and played through extra planet Omega, but didn't comment on the joycons. So either it doesn't happen in multiplayer or you guys couldn't hear it due to your setup.

But when the music cuts out and the statue rises up out of the ground. This happens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDe0-8rO6hs

Aw drat! I didn't know that was a thing, not sure if any of us noticed the differing vibrations in all the chaos, we will definitely have to give that a look when we come back to this one down the road!

Part 23: "All My Ups Are Number One" | Far-Flung Starlight Heroes - Ability Planet, Extra Planet δ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gVyw9iyzuo

And now, we continue along our trip through the Kirby franchise with its final full-scale spinoff game, Kirby Air Ride, which... I know absolutely zero about, it's gonna be great.

Part 1: "Everything Is A" | Air Ride - Fantasy Meadows, Celestial Valley, Sky Sands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK4yYpssqzs

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